Vin Abrenica and Sophie Albert Are Artista Academy's Winners!

 

 Vin Abrenica and Sophie Albert were declared as the very first "Artista Academy" winners grabbing the titles of Best Actor and Berst Actress respectively.

In the finale dubbed as "Artista Academy Awards Night" which was held in Araneta Coliseum this night of October 27, 2012, Vin bested Akihiro Blanco and Mark Neumann in the male category while Sophie vested Shaira Mae and Chanel Morales in the female.

 Aside from their titles, Vin and Sophie were also the newest ambassadors of Close Up.

Vin and Sophie received a total of Php20 Million worth of prizes plus an exclusive contract with TV5.

It's good to know that Vin and Sophie were also a loveteam in the said Kapatid network's artista search.

The winners were determined based on 40% accumulated average for the past 3 weeks, 40% grades for the night's performance and 20% text votes.

Meanwhile the other scholars including those expelled from the academy were announced to have exclusive contracts with the network. All of them will star in an upcoming TV5 youth-oriented TV series "Forever Barkada" which will air soon on the network!

Congratulations Vin and Sophie! Keep up the good and hard work!(www.tvseriescraze.blogspot.com)

Who Will Be the Very First 'Artista Academy' Big Winners?!

 

Who do you think among these Top 6 finalists be the very first "Artista Academy" winners?! Two winners, a boy and a girl will be hailed as the grand winners this Saturday (October 27). 

From the male category, the winner will be dubbed as "Best Actor" while in the female side, a "Best Actress!"

 Who is your bet among Akihiro Blanco, Vin Abrenica, and Mark Neumann to be AA's Best Actor? Then who among Channel Morales, Shaira Mae, and Sophie Albert is your choice for Best Actress?

Meanwhile, here is the huge billboard of the Top 6 posted in EDSA Kamuning and Guadalupe:

The Grand Finale dubbed as the "Artista Academy Awards Night" will be held this Saturday, October 27, 2012 in the Big Dome, Smart Araneta Coliseum and will be aired live in TV5. 

Winners will receive a Php20 Million worth of prizes! Good luck guys!(www.tvseriescraze.blogspot.com)  

Jeric and Elle's Performance Bow the Judges in the 'Protege Final Battle!'

Now on its second to the last Gala Night of the hit GMA-7's artista reality search "Protege: The Battle for the Big Artista Break,"  the final six showed their outstanding performances. The final six sang, danced, act, and performed a monologue respectively on the stage.

But on tonight's episode, the top two performers who got the bow from the four judges were Jeric Gonzales from the main division and Elle Ramirez from the female.

The two performers have something in common - both of them portrayed a mentally ill person! 

Elle performed a monologue portraying the modern Sisa! At first, she was wearing a Filipiniana looking for her sons Basilo and Crispin. But in the middle of her performance, she removed her traditional costume turning her to a sexy lady performing a hit "Mama Sisa" remix!

Jeric on the other hand sung ala Adam Lambert! The stage and his outfit depicted a winter sonata feel! In the VTR, he acted with Andrea Torres and Mikael Daez. He was an employee of Mikael but was fired in the office. With his situation, he turned crazy leading him to hostage Andrea!

Jeric and Elle truly shone on the night! Do you think they two will be the second big winner of "Protege?" Who among the six hopefuls are your bets?!(www.tvseriescraze.blogspot.com)

KZ Tandingan is the Very First 'X-Factor Philippines' Grand Winner!

KZ Tandingan is named as the very first "X-Factor Philippines" grand winner in the recently concluded finale night of "The X-Factor Philippines," October 7, 2012 at the PAGCOR Theater. KZ vested Gabriel Maturan and Daddy's Home. 

An overall online and text votes of 54.77% made KZ the very first grand winner. She took home 4 million pesos worth of cash, prizes and recording contract courtesy of Star Music.

Gabriel Maturan who placed second to KZ received a total votes of 32.33%. He took Php100, 000 cash prize.

Meanwhile taking the third spot was Daddy's Home. They got an overall total votes of 12.90% bringing home Php50, 000 cash prize.

On the finale performance night, KZ performed The Carpenters' Superstar and The Way We Were with original hitmaker Rico J. Puno. This night,  KZ sang with Champion Performer of the World Jed Madela and her mentor Charice.

KZ is from Digos City, Davao Del Sur. After winning the competition, KZ said that some of the prize that she had won will be donated to rebuild their church.

Congratulations KZ! Keep up the good world! You will be another new star to conquer the music scene!(www.tvseriescraze.blogspot.com)

'The X-Factor Philippines' Final Performance Night Photos!

The final three contestants of "The X-Factor Philippine" made their final performance last Saturday night, October 6, 2012 at the PAGCOR Theater in Parañque City. 

The finalists namely Daddy’s Home, Gabriel Maturan and KZ Tandingan performed their very own rendition of the different classic songs. They even had a duet with the OPM icons.

Aside from the top three finalist, the other performer who graced the event were the Asia’s Nightingale Lani Misalucha, Soul Siren Nina, Ultimtate Showgirl Vina Morales, veteran singer Rico J. Puno and rock star Bamboo.  

Here are some of the photos during the finale performance night provided by ABS-CBN to TV Series Craze. Let's check these out:

Bamboo Rocks the Finale Night!

Daddy's Home Posed Their Signature Pose

Daddy's Home Performed with Nina Singing "Through the Fire"

Daddy's Home Finale Performance

Gabriel Maturan Sung His Finale Performance

Gabriel Duet with Bamboo!

Gabriel Making His Best Performance for the Night!

The Host KC Concepcion is All-Red During the Finale Performance Night

KC is Also Excited to Know the Very First X-Factor PH Winner

KZ Tandingan Teary on the Finale Night

KZ Performed with the OPM Icon Rico J. Puno

KZ Tandingan on Her Finale Performance

Nina Singing Her Hit "Through the Fire"

Rico J. Puno Singing His Classic Romance Hit

KC and Rico on the Floor

The X-Factor PH Judges!

KC Concepcion Together with the Three Finalists

The Performers

The Showgirl Vina Morales Performed Ala JLO

Vina Morales Performed JLO''s Hits

KZ Tandingan was just proclaimed as the very first "X-Factor Philippines" winner. Details of the finale episode of this hit ABS-CBN reality talent show on my next post.(www.tvseriescraze.blogspot.com)

The Final Five Showdown of 'X Factor Philippines' Starts with the "Revivals of the Revivals! "

The “X Factor Philippines” top five revive the revivals as they cover songs popularized by famous international or local artists this Saturday (Sep 22). 

Jeric Medina is set to cover a South Border smash, while fellow Boys teammate Gabriel Maturan takes on a Paolo Santos hit. Girls’ Allen Sta Maria and KZ Tandingan, on the other hand, respectively perform tracks from musical TV show“Glee” and Adele, while Daddy’s Home fight for their spot in the finals as the sole flag-bearer of the Groups via a song revived by Side A.

Who will go home and who will continue their course to becoming the next multimedia superstar? Who will make it to the finals? 

The competition formally enters the first out of two remaining musical battles before the highly-anticipated showdown of the final three in the grand finals slated on Oct. 6 and 7. 

Be sure to save your favorites from being in the bottom two by voting for them this Saturday night (Sept 22). Vote after their performances by texting XFJERIC/GAB/ALLEN/KZ/DAD and send it to 2331 for Globe and Sun subscribers and 231 for Smart and Talk ‘n Text subscribers. 

Don’t miss the country’s biggest and grandest musical event of the year, “The X Factor Philippines,” with KC Concepcion as host, airing every Saturday, after “MMK,” and every Sunday, after “Sarah G Live” on ABS-CBN.(www.tvseriescraze.blogspot.com)

The Battle of the Protégés Mentors This Sunday!

This Sunday (September 16), the five celebrity mentors and their respective protégés join on stage and perform together for a showdown for survival!

North and Central Luzon mentor Ricky Davao and protégés Shelly Hipolito and Bryan Benedict star in an action sequence. Bryan plays the hero captured and tortured by his godfather Ricky while Shelly is Bryan's love interest.

Mega Manila mentor Roderick Paulate plays a modern-day family man who copes with his dysfunctional relationship with a gay son played by Japs de Luna and a lesbian daughter played by Elle Ramirez.

South Luzon mentor Gina Alajar together with protégés Thea Tolentino and Zandra Summer play a family of modern-day witches who resort to witchcraft in order to win the heart of the man loved by Zandra and Thea.

In a fictional and humorous short film, Visayas mentor Jolina Magdangal and her protégés Jeric Gonzales and Mikoy Morales star as boyband wannabes who use the power of a mysterious necklace called Kuwintas ng Kasikatan to fulfill their dreams.

Mindanao mentor Phillip Salvador joins protégés Ruru Madrid and Arny Ross in a story about an older guy (Philip) falling for a younger woman (Arny) pursued by a younger man (Ruru).

Can Bryan and Shelly overcome their recent rift and perform to the best of their abilities in front of the judges?

Will Japs' feeling of insecurity towards his former mentor Ricky affect his performance now that he is under Mentor Roderick?

Another surprising elimination awaits the Final 10! And one will be sent home!

Catch Protégé: The Battle for the Big Artista Break's 4th Elimination Night this Sunday at 8:30pm after IBilib on GMA!(www.tvseriescraze.blogspot.com)

Take Off is Voted Out in ‘The X Factor Philippines!’

After another deadlock or tied votes from the judges occurred this night. Take Off and Joan Da were the bottom two on this week's performance. They were judged based on the public's votes.

On the recent elimination night, it was Take Off who was voted out!

For their survival song, Take Off sang Ogie Alcasid’s “Sa Kanya” for the third time while Joan Da sang “Grenade” by Bruno Mars.

Take Off got the lowest number of votes, 6.59% against Joan Da‘s 9.9% which led them to bid farewell in the competition!

This night's deadlock happened when Pilita Corales and Charice Pempengco voted off Take Off, while Gary Valenciano and Martin Nievera voted off Joan Da!

What can you say about this week's result? Is the group Take Off really the weakest performer and truly deserve to be eliminated?!(www.tvseriescraze.blogspot.com)

Protege 3rd Elimination Night Result: David John Llanas, Steffi Pacheco, Andres Vasquez and Vien Allen Bid Goodbye!

The recently concluded third elimination night of GMA-7's biggest artista search "Protege: The Battle for the Big Artista Break" bid goodbye to the Mega Manila and Mindanao hopefuls! Both divisions had two contestants eliminated!

In Mega Manila, Andres Vasquez and Vien Allen bid farewell while in Mindanao, they were David John Llanas and Steffi Pacheco!

The 3rd elimination night of the said reality show became talk of the netizens as the episode trended on the micro-blogging site Twitter!

Catch another exciting challenges in the remaining hopefuls this week via "Inside Protege" in GMA's Telebabad!(www.tvseriescraze.blogspot.com)

Protege Andres Vasques Shares His Surprising Feeling on His Two Acting Awards!

He may not be a full-fledged astista yet but Andres Vasquez has already reaped two acting awards from last Sunday's Protege gala night. Andres was one of those few proteges who were awarded for their exemplary performance in last week's acting exercise wherein all the proteges got the chance to act alongside the "Diamond Star" Ms. Maricel Soriano in five short films directed by Cannes Film Festival award-winning director Brillante Mendoza and written by Palanca awardee Floy Quintos.

The 21-year old protege from Metro Manila was awarded as Best Male Protege by Ms. Maricel Soriano and was also chosen by Brillante Mendoza to receive the Breakthrough Performance by an Actor Award.

After the show, Andres was lost for words when he was interviewed backstage about the awards he received.

"Masayang masaya ako kasi actually hindi ko talaga inasahang magkakaroon ako ng award at hindi naman nila sinabi sa amin na meron palang awarding na mangyayari, nalaman lang namin bago mag-gala. Tapos ito biglang may dumating, tapos dalawa pa, kaya talagang napa-wow nalang ako," said Andres.

Before joining Protege, Andres has already been acting as a professional theater actor. He became a stage performer after he was spotted by a theater director while he was working part-time in a fast food chain. From then on, stage acting has become part of his daily routine.

"Binibigay ko po talaga yung sarili ko sa pag-arte ko. Ang goal ko lang talaga ay mapakita ko yung acting talent ko and maging safe ako sa elimination," he shared.

Apart from Andres, Elle Ramirez (Mega Manila) also received a special award for Best Female Protege and the Visayas Team for Best in Ensemble Acting.(www.tvseriescraze.blogspot.com)